I was going to write something, but the pyg basically said what I was going to say. The whole point of your life is to be happy, the happier you are the better life you had, the sadder you are the worse life you had. Therefore, I would much rather be poor and happy.

The kids have free right to choose who they want to be with. While it may be ok for parents to "interfere" and talk to their child if they genuinely dislike the person they are dating, but when it is because of racial,ethnic, or religious reasons parental control just disgusts me.

Signed executive orders to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year, ban torture and end the CIA's secret overseas prisons and define treatment of Detainees. (but, they are nowhere close to actually closing Gitmo and are still holding all those folks)

Reversed restrictions on stem cell research. (typical Lib talking point. It was only in allowing federal money to be used for embryonic stem cell research. All other stem cell research was going on, and providing cures, something ESCs have yet to offer)

Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Reducing discrimination based on gender, age, religion, or race. (which will create more lawsuits, so, a sop to the lawyers)

Signed an executive order reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide abortions. Gag rule revoked (Mexico City policy). (so, using American taxpayer money to fund abortions in other countries)

Creates the White House Council on Women and Girls "to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families." (It says something about a liberal controlled government, which tends to employ more liberal leaning people, that they have to protect females from their policies, eh?)

Signed a Presidental Memorandum extending federal benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers and announced support for the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009. (Which could raise insurance rates. I should say, I personally have no problem with extending benefits, though)

Reverses U.S. position on LGBT Issues at the UN: At the "Durban Review Conference," U.S. supports language condemning "all forms of discrimination and all other human rights violations based on sexual orientation." (The same UN conference which has voted to make criticism of Islam criminal)

Signed executive order requiring federal contractors to offer jobs to current workers when contracts change. (no big deal)

Reversed a Bush order requiring federal contractors to post notice that workers can limit financial support of unions serving as their exclusive bargaining representatives. (another sop to the unions Dems are beholden too)

Signed executive order preventing federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses meant to influence workers deciding whether to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.

Created a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners. (more union sops)

Expanded eligibility for the refinancing portion of the Making Home Affordable plan to help Americans struggling with distressed mortgages refinance at lower interest rates, even if they owe up to 25 percent more than their homes are now worth. (most of those people should live in apartments)

Established a credit card "bill of rights". (which will make it harder to get a credit card)

Expanded loan programs for small businesses. (but, it is damned near impossible for small businesses to actually get them)

Extended and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch. (can't comment, know nothing about this one)

Expanded eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP). (because every family making up to $85k needs someone else to pay for their health insurance for kids up to 25)

Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners. (but, will reduce their medicare/medicaid payments, and make it so doctors become more specialized)

Created a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans, and installed Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman. (Sheriff Joe has been doing a hell of a job, eh? Has anyone even heard of this task force?)

Appoints Vice President Joe Biden to Oversee Stimulus Plan Payouts. (How's that going?)

Granted a reprieve to Liberian immigrants facing imminent expulsion. (This one is a good thing)

Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq. (and holding to the exact same plan Bush had)

Allowing Caskets to be photographed when the return from Iraq with family approval. (interesting that, now that Obama is President, the media is now ignoring soldiers who come home in caskets, eh?)

Released nine previously secret internal Justice Department memos and opinions defining the legal limits of government power in combating terrorism. (which only told one side of the story, and he has blocked releasing the memo's that support the other side)

On Arab TV Network, Obama Urges Dialogue. (and apologized for America)

Gave a speech in Cairo engaging the Muslim and Arab world. (and apologized for America)

Bars independent contractors from conducting interrogations of terror suspects. (but, didn't ban all interrogations)

Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba. (Great. Sending more money out of our economy)

Ordered the release of nearly a quarter of a million pages of records from the Reagan White House that were kept from the public during a lengthy review by President George W. Bush. (hey, where are Carter's and Clinton's papers?)

Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program. (and guess where the funding is coming from? If you guessed Porkulus, have a cigar)

Released presidential records. (but not his own. I'm still trying to get the records of who was on the flight that scared the bejesus out of Manhattan. Keeps getting shuffled to different divisions)

Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions. (more frigging paperwork for business)

Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors. (gives yet another group more rights over others)

Invites gay families to the Easter Egg Roll as part of the Obama administration's outreach to diverse communities. (and blew off those who weren't gay)

Created a White House Office on Urban Policy. (how to create more grasshoppers in the hood)

Increased funding for the NEA. (because we all need more crosses in jars filled with urine and paintings made of elephant poop)

Appointed an assistant to the president for science and technology policy. (John Holdren thinks that population should be held in check, through forced abortions and other means)

Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps. (creating more Obamazombies)

Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees. (then he went and hire a bunch of lobbyists. I should point out, I do not think that most lobbyists are the problem. The politicians are the problem)

Investment in all types of alternative energy. (none of which are even within decades of being viable and deployable)

Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars. (meaning more problems with the energy grid)

Support for high-speed rail. (in the middle of the New Mexico desert, as a sop to Harry Reid)

Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes. (I hope he has encouraged Al Gore, John Edwards, and John Kerry to make their homes more energy efficient)

Extended unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits. (apparently, he knew his Porkulus plan would never really create jobs)

Created the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers to help auto industry workers transition to new manufacturing opportunities, including jobs in alternative energy. (in other words, how to put the UAW in charge of GM and do away with the profitable car lines)

Stopped raids on medical marijuana dispensers. (eh. On this, I could care less. If smoking pot makes a terminally ill person feel OK, fine. However, if ObamaCare passes, pot may be all those folks have left to ease their pain)

Nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic to ever serve on the Supreme Court. (interesting how when it was Bush nominating and appointing minorities and women to first time ever positions, it was "yawn" from the left)

Appointed more than 60 openly LGBT persons to positions in the executive branch. (but is still against gay marriage)

Issues Presidential Proclamation for Pride, proclaiming June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. (Obama's still against gay marriage)

Signed a mercury reduction pact with 140 other nations. (mercury reduction is a good thing. However, funny how he pushes the use of CFLs, which contain, yup, mercury!)

Signed the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act to curb wasteful spending by the Pentagon. Intended to price contracts and budgets lower; may potentially save billions of dollars in defense. (getting rid of waste is a good thing, but, notice this is only done for the military, and not agencies and programs Democrats actually like?)

Signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, which serves to protect two million acres of land and creates a new system of land conservation for the Bureau of Land Management. (but, is allowing logging in the Tongass National Forest)

Phase out government payments to crop producers making more than $500,000 a year and eliminates subsidies for cotton storage to help trim the U.S. budget deficit. (I guess we are all supposed to wear hemp)

Cut funding for a proposed U.S. nuclear storage facility at Yucca Mountain. (where are we supposed to store nuclear waste? Oh, I forgot, he wants to do away with nuclear plants, too)

Restored Endangered Species Act Provision requiring U.S. agencies consult with independent federal experts to determine if their actions might harm threatened and endangered species. (This was done with an anthropogenic global warming bent)

Orders The Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration "to protect and restore the health, heritage, natural resources, and social and economic value of the Nation's largest estuarine ecosystem and the natural sustainability of its watershed." (I like this one)

Signed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act designating two million additional acres of public wilderness areas the highest level of government protection from logging and other forms of commercial use and development. (back to that Tongass National Forest logging issue)

Signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act which will expedite the search for cures and treatments for millions of Americans living with paralysis caused by spinal cord injury, stroke, MS, Parkinson's and many other diseases and disorders. (a sop to those embryonic stem cell researchers who couldn't get by without federal funds)

Established The Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, a new system for updating medical records of servicemen and women both during and after their military careers. (On the surface, I would say this is good)

Established the White House Office of Health Reform (how to hose the nations health care system in 3 easy steps)

Created new and stronger safety standards to safeguard the country's food supply. (increases the cost of food)and

Ya so far I think he has done as much as he could

Arranged marriages, forced marriages, all these marriages are morally wrong. Humanity needs to come together, not move apart, and these marriages are only advocating different social and racial groups. In addition to the cultural issue, these arranged marriages are forcing people to marry somebody that they never met before. In a world with such a high divorce rate, we do not need anymore people unhappy with each other.

I gotta admit its a good idea, but it just won't work. The government will still not grant the rights given to married couples. Gay marriage should be completely legal, the using of a new word would take just as long and some people may think this kind of union as inferior.

1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.

2. characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question.

3. tediously dull, esp. due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party.

4. annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio.

5. in a state of stupor; stupefied: stupid from fatigue.

6. Slang. excellent; terrific.

yes I must say, to deny scientific fact which is backed by huge amounts of evidence is indeed quite STUPID. I know plenty of religious people who completely believe in evolution, and this is possible because religion and evolution are compatible. Science and religion will ultimately not be compatible, but like I said religion and evolution are completely compatible. To deny evolution because of ancient scripts which are almost entirely untrue is a bit stupid.

1 : possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous

2 : marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : heroic

So this argument is basicly about which beliefs are more brave. It does not consider whose are right, but only whose are bravey. I must say, democrats are usually the ones attacking trying to make america more progressive while republicans are trying to defend traditional America. Hmm, I think that democrats actually are much more valiant, republicans usually change their minds especially when the issues are relating to equality. I guarentee you 20 years from now gay marriage will be completely legalized in all states, and even republicans will be scoffing fand calling people sexist who are against gay marriage.

Yes, the death penalty should be banned, I have no idea why they still invoke this penalty. You can see why the death penalty should be banned by looking at a single argument.

1. Some people think it is worse living in prison in life then dying.

2. Some people think it is worse dying then living in prison for life.

3. Therefore, dying and living in prison are probably morally equal.

4.Living in jail for life costs less money then the death penalty.

5. This money which goes to the death penalty which could be spent in prison rises the americans tax payments.

6. Whenever the death penalty is performed instead of life in prison, the American is paying more tax then he needs to.

7. The American should not have to pay more tax then he needs to because of someone else's actions.

8. Therefore, the death penalty should be banned.

A few figures to support my argument:

Using conservative rough projections, the Commission estimates the annual costs of the present (death penalty) system to be $137 million per year.

“The additional cost of confining an inmate to death row, as compared to the maximum security prisons where those sentenced to life without possibility of parole ordinarily serve their sentences, is $90,000 per year per inmate. With California’s current death row population of 670, that accounts for $63.3 million annually.”

In addition, it is evident that the death penalty does not deter murder rates. In a chard found on: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrence-states-without-death-penalty- have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates#stateswithvwithout, it shows that the murder rate is higher in death penalty states in the last 15 or so years. The percent dwindles around 10%, which may seem small at first but is actually pretty large when considering all of the deaths. So death penalty somehow increases murder rates, maybe a survey will help us understand why. On blurtit.com, their is a survey that shows 55% of people would prefer the death penalty to life in jail. Why? because life in jail is a plainly bleak existence. So what are the reasons for the death penalty again? Oh yeah, their arent any.

First of all you making a generalization against atheists, and you christians are the ones who think atheists are demons and think homosexuality is a sin. You are inherently rascist by your own holy book and if you are not then i praise you. Atheists have much more justification for their beliefs then christians.

In fact mudkipz, many people would prefer the death penalty of life in jail. An the people put in jail have a very small chance to get out, next to none in fact. I don't think you understand that life in jail means LIFE in jail WITHOUT parole, so they cannot committ further crimes. In addition, the way you talk about liberals sickens me, you are the kind of person that intelligent conservatives rue, people like you give them a "bad name".